You are right. When I first took my bike to the US in 2002, I stayed in the Days Inn chain of motels but when I returned in 2006, their prices seemed to have risen. I then used Motel 6 which as you say are very clean and at a budget price. One thing I did find was that some Motel 6 motels are owned by the company with their own staff, and I could get a 'Senior Rate' at these. With the franchised Motel 6s, whether or not I got a discount was down to the owner. Only once or two did I try a Mom & Pop motel* and they were fine also.
*A motel not belonging to one of the big chains.
The highest I paid was on the outskirts of Washington DC, a Comfort Inn in Arlington. About £100 a night during the week but dropping like a stone at weekends. At least the hotel bus would drop me off at the nearest Metro station and collect me late at night.
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